Koshi Province Lacks Permanent Administrative Structures Despite Years of Operation

Biratnagar. The Ministry of Health of the Koshi Province government is still operating its daily functions from a private house in Biratnagar, paying a monthly rent of 130,000 rupees. The Ministry of Health is just one example; dozens of government offices under the provincial government, including the Investment Board, Provincial Public Service Commission, Provincial Planning Commission, Office of the Chief Attorney, and Provincial Treasury and Controller Office, have been operating in expensive private houses for years.

Although it has been almost a decade since the country entered the practice of federalism and provincial governments became active, not a single permanent administrative center (capital) structure for Koshi Province has been built. Currently, new signboards have been placed on old offices constructed by the then-central government for regional structures, and ministries and high-level bodies are being run from them.